The Case for Making Myanmar’s Report Public

On November 11, 2019, The Gambia filed an application at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) instituting proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for violations of
the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in respect
of the Rohingya group. The case was brought pursuant to the Convention’s obligations that
are considered erga omnes (owed to the international community as a whole) and erga
omnes partes (owed by all member States to the Convention). In other words, a public
interest case.